Hello everyone! I’m building a CDM regarding data of patients with prostate cancer. Many of the patients have performed Radical Prostatectomy. I’m trying to use for the first time the episode_table and I have a question. The surgery goes to the procedure occurrence table and as i have understood from the documentation the surgery itself can be considered an episode. Is the surgery going to be inserted a second time in the episode table or it will be emiited in one of the two tables?
Hope I explained my issue sufficiently.
Thank you in advance!
Yes, second time. The Procedure table contains all procedures, including the total prostatectomy. But also all sorts of other things, like physical therapy. The episode table contains treatments that may alter the dynamic of the cancer. Therefore, it also goes there.
Ok it is now clear to me! Thank you very much for your help!!